CVE-2016-1546

httpd: mod_http2 denial-of-service by thread starvation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 11, 2016

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in httpd's mod_http2 module. A remote attacker could use this flaw to block server threads for long times, causing starvation of worker threads, by manipulating the flow control windows on streams.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified